Lebanese Civil War

29 Jul 2012

Much has been said about Silenced, the South Korean film based on the real-life sex abuse of students in a school for the hearing-impaired. It led to a retrial of the culprits, but also faced...

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Call-up of army divisions a warning to Syria

29 Jul 2006

Israel's dramatic decision to mobilise three army divisions - as many as 30,000 troops - is both a signal of preparations for a push northwards in Lebanon and a warning for Syria not to intervene...

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WAR AND PEACE

18 Aug 1996

DESTRUCTION has its fascination. Revenues from ruins bolster the economies of scores of countries - Egypt, Cambodia, Peru, Syria, Greece, Indonesia, Jordan, Zimbabwe, Mexico and Italy among them...

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Off the Shelf

9 Apr 1994

THE diaries of British Member of Parliament Alan Clark, who served as Minister of Trade and Minister of Defence under Margaret Thatcher and then John Major, are now out in paperback. Diaries (...

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Peace process at risk

15 Dec 1993

THE dangerous impasse reached in negotiations between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) over Palestinian autonomy in Gaza and Jericho is being played down by both parties.

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Shedding light on the 'square peg' diplomat

13 Jun 1993

WITH regard to your article ''Plastic-bag carrying diplomat leaves Hongkong groping in the dark'', (Sunday Morning Post, June 6) the headline of which I found offensive, I would like to enlighten...

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